Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA

1. Multidisciplinary Research on Islamic Organizations: Heterogeneous Organizational Forms, Strategies, and Practices

1. Multidisciplinary Research on Islamic Organizations: Heterogeneous Organizational Forms, Strategies, and Practices
Kerstin Rosenow-Williams, Matthias Kortmann

Part I. Different Forms of Organizations

2. Islamic Organizations in Poland: From Monopoly to Pluralism
Agata S. Nalborczyk, Monika Ryszewska

3. Civil Liberties or Civil Rights? Muslim American Advocacy Organizations
Erik Love

4. Divided or Conquered: The Challenges of Organizational Life for Muslims in the UK and Spain
Justin Gest

Part II. Different Response Strategies to Organizational Environments

5. The Impact of Public Debates on Muslim Representatives in Western Europe: The Agenda Setting Function of Mass Media
Maarten Koomen, Anja Heelsum

6. Negotiating the Visibility of Islam in Switzerland: An Ethnographic Perspective on the Conflicts Involved with Building Projects for Mosques
Sarah Beyeler

7. Islamic Organizations in the Baltic States: Commonalities and Differences
Egdunas Račius

8. Not Quite In, Not Quite Out: Islamic Organizations in France and Germany and Their Ties to Their States of Origin
Benjamin Bruce

9. Neither Omnipotent nor a Paper Tiger: The Federation of the Alevi Communities in Germany and the Dynamics of Its Multidimensional Area of Activity
Ludger Pries, Tülay Tuncer-Zengingül

Part III. Different Practices within the Organizations

10. Imams in Flanders, Belgium: Toward the First Flemish Imams
Patrick Loobuyck, Petra Meier

11. Religious Practices of DITIB Mosque Community Members: Perspectives from Germany
Theresa Beilschmidt

12. Identities, Islamophobia, and the State: Diverse Perspectives and Experiences of Muslim Civic Actors from Islamic Organizations in the UK
Abida Malik

13. The Gülen Movement in Western Europe and the USA
Ahmet Yükleyen, Ferhan Tunagür

14. Conclusion: Similarities and Differences of Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA
Matthias Kortmann, Kerstin Rosenow-Williams

Keywords: Social Sciences, Migration, Social Policy, Ethnicity Studies, Social Aspects of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Political Sociology